Manufacture of gloves and lacings



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H. M. PBYSER. Manufacture ofGloves and .Lacing-s. No. 242,219A

Patented May 31, 1881.

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HENRY M. PEYSER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES AND LACINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,219, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed March 3, 1881.. (No model.)

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. PEYsER, of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Lacings for Gloves, Ste., of which thefollowin g is a specication. Y

Myimprovements relate to devices for closing the wrist-openings of gloves and similar openings in other articles, such as fine boots, corsets, Sto., in which it is desirable to close v such openings when the article is on the wearer Without the use of buttons or buckles, without parts projecting appreciably above the surface oi' the material, and so that the closing device shall lie in the same plane substantially with the material in which the opening is made, and to such construction of glove containing such a lacing contrivancc, and to hooks and eyelets and fasteners especially adapted to be used in connection with a cord for closing such openings, and for holding the end of the cord, and the nature thereof will be apparent from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,in which the same letters refer to the same parts.

Figures 1, 3, and 4 show in section, through the rivets or eyelets by which they are held to the material in which they are set, myimproved hook in three forms. Figs. 2 and 5 show in section, through the rivet or eyelet by which they are held to the material in which they are set, my improvedeye. in two forms. Fig. 6 shows in elevation one form ot' end-fastener. Fig. 7 shows inplan a glove embodying my improvements in one form. Fig. 8 shows in plan an opening closed by means of a lacing, embodying myimprovements in one form. Fig. 9 shows a section ot' my improved Alacing on the dotted line w m in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 shows, in sect-ion on the dotted line y y in Fig. 8, my improved lacing with the form of hook shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 1l shows, in plan, a part of my improved lacing, with one form of fasten' ing the end of the cord.

A is a hook having the curved portion m', 011e branch a', a sharp bend at l, and an end, e', extending downward through the eyelet or caps,or hollow rivet set in the material C', and which, when forced down so as to bend the end c over upon the lower cap or eyelet end, serves to hold the hook A in position.

A2 is another form of hook, struck out of sheet metal, having a curved portion, m2, of double thickness. The branches a2 b2, between which the material C is to be inserted and held by a rivet or eyelethaving a smooth-headed end at h4 and a turned end at c and a barrel between, passing through holes in `the branches a2 and b2 and the material C', and by which the hook A2 is held in place.

B B' are eye devices having the eyes n a and other parts corresponding to those described for the hooks, and which may .be also constructed in any other form substantially like the hook A in Fig. 3, except that :it has the eye u in place of the hook m2.

D is a glove having the wrist-openin g H and the parts O C on either side the opening.

B B B are my improved eyelet devices fastened in the side G of the glove on one side of the opening H, at a considerable distance apart.

A A A are improved hooks set in the side C of the glove, at considerable distance apart, but so arranged as to alternate in position with the eyelet devices B B B-that is, so that when the opening H is closed the hooks A shall be between the eyelet devices B B and not immediately opposite.

E is a cord which may have a tassel, F, at one end or may terminate in any other way, and which is fastened at o at one end to the glove or side of the opening H, and which is run through the eyelet devices B and remains in them.

G is an end-fastener or rivet or eyelet, having in its head a slot, g, of considerable depth, and whose sides approach toward the bottom, and which is attached to one side of the opening H, and so constructed that the cord E may be drawn into it tightly and practically held from slipping.

The construction of my improved hooks and eyelet devices, ns shown, is such that when they are placed in the material C G the eyes a and the operating-hooks m, as well as `the cord E, which runs in the eyes, lie in the same plane, and substantially between the planes of the upper and under surfaces of the material G C','as shown in the sectional views.

The hooks A A may be put upon the mate- IOO rial C', so as to be open above, as shown in Figs. l and 10, or in reverse position, so as to have the opening underneath, as may be preferred, the parts being constructed substantially as shown in Fig. 7, and when the opening H is nnlaced, as there indicated, the glove may be put on and the openings closed ou the wearers wrist as follows:

The sections of the cord E between the eyelet devices B form loops, which are caught upon the hooks A A successively7 or the hooks may be caught upon them, and then by drawing the cord E straight, or nearly so, the sides C C are brought together, and the cord, held with sufficient tension, is drawn into the slot r/ in the end-fastener G and held. The lacing is then in the condition shown in Fig. S.

It is obvious that this construction provides an ever-ready, smooth, quick, and ornamental means and method of closing and securing the opening in a glove or otherarticle constructed of iiexible and fragile material, such as kid or other leather or cloth. Also, that the special construction of the hook and eyelet device is such that the draw or pull thereof is in a line with the center of the material and not with the top of the material; hence the tendency of the rivet or cyclet device to tilt and stretch or tear the material and press downward into the wrist and look badly, as in any other construction with buttons, studs, or hooks, where the lacing or the pull of it is above the surface of the material, is entirelyY obviated.

Another way of securing the end of the cord E after the opening is closed and the cord is drawn straight, or nearly so, is shown in Fig. 11, where one or two hooks, G', may be used and a cord drawn about them, as shown, with a loop or coil over the free end in such a way as to hold it.

This construction of lacing is not only elegant and convenient in itself, but when applied to the delicate wrist or the gentle waist and in fragile material which is to he subjected to constant flexion is particularly adapted for making and keeping a fine tit to the form and gives great elasticity or flexibility' ofthe seam, while at the same time there are no unsightly or uncomfortable projections beyond the thickness of the material.

I am aware that hooks and eyes have been constructed in various forms for being Iattached upon one side of the edges' of material, and that openings have been laced or closed with cords drawn zigzag into or around hooks or studs on either side the opening; and I do not claim these or the clips or fasteuings G G of themselves, nor the glove laced with a cord and studs or hooks placed alternately on the outer surface of the sides of the material of which the opening is formed.

I claim as new and of my invention- 1. The described lacing device A, construct ed with the branches (t b and loops r a' and the hook on, constructed and adapted for attachment at or near the edge of the leather or other material, and so that the pull of a cord in the hook m in a line at right angles to the rivet shall be within the planes of the two surfaces of the material extended, substantially as set forth.

2. That improvementinlacing gloves orother articles consisting in providing one side ofthe opening` with a series ot' inwardly-lnoiecting cyclet devices, and upon the opposite side with inwardly-projecting hooks, alternating in position with the eyelet devices, then attaching a lacing-cord at or near 011e end of the opening, passing the cord through the cyclet devices on the one side, then catching the cord-loops intermediate the eyelet devices upon the alternately-placed hooks, then drawing the cord straight, or nearly so, and securing the free en d, all substantially as set forth.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a glove constructed with a wrist-opening, H, hook devices A on one side thereon, cyclet devices B on the opposite side thereon and alternately placed with reference to said hook devices, and with a cord, E, attached at 011e end to the glove and drawn or adapted to be drawn through the c ves of the cyclet devices B, and so constructed and adapted that the loops or segments of the cord between the eyes B may be caught on the hooks A A and the cord drawn to close said opening and caught and held in a slotted stud or other holding device, substantially as set forth.

4. The lacing device for a glove-wristor similar opening constructed with a series of hooks, A, and a series of cyclet devices, B, and a cord passing through said cyclet devices attached at one end near the side of such opening and free at the other end, and constructed and arranged so that the cord may also be caught on the hooks A, drawn or straightened so as to close the opening, and to presentthehooksin the eyelets and the cord substantially within the surface of the material extended between the edges of said opening, substantiall as herein set forth.

5. In a lacing, the combinationof the hooks A, the eyelet devices B, andthe fastener G, constructed to operate substantially as set forth.

Witnesses: HENRY M. IEYSE t.

CHARLES E. PRATT, lll. 0. FARRAR.

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